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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the 22:32 PP:
How can you justify the teachers’ and committee members decisions when so many kids who were accepted to AAP aren’t getting pass advanced (sometimes aren’t even passing) SOLs and are massively bombing the IAAT.  Most of the kids in AAP are pretty mediocre and unremarkable in every way.  [/quote]

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My kids have always pass advanced SOLs and both got 98% on the iaat. I can see, however, a kid who doesn’t get pass advanced on the Sol or who does poorly on the iaat, still being an out of the box thinker. One is more rote memorization and the other is creatively applying your synthesized information. One kid can grow up to be a great doctor and one can grow to be the innovator of new medical procedures. Elon Musk was a middle of the road student. Einstein did poorly in math. I don’t see these tests necessarily capturing a kid’s intellect. They more capture his ability to regurgitate. [/quote]

PP here.  I agree with you, but you're missing the point.  22:32 PP suggested that it's proper for kids with high WISC scores but lower GBRS to get rejected, because AAP is for good students.  My question then is that is AAP is filled with bright, good students, why are they struggling to perform at tasks that should be trivial for bright, good students.
Elon Musk and Einstein are the kids with the 140+ WISC scores and low GBRS who got rejected.  22:32 would support their rejection.  I think it's ludicrous.  [/quote]

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